Consultation outcome

Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices (easy read)

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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We did a consultation to ask people what they think about new rules to make sure people can have visitors in care homes, hospitals and hospices.  

This booklet tells you about the changes we are making.

See the non-easy read version.


Original consultation

Summary

The government wants to make some new rules on visiting care homes, hospitals and hospices in England. We would like your ideas.

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Consultation description

The government wants to make sure that patients and residents in care homes, hospitals and hospices in England can have visitors whenever it is reasonable and safe.

We might need to make new rules about visiting, like how many visitors someone can have and when they can visit.

Please answer our questions to tell us what you think about this. We’ll use what you tell us to help us decide what to do.

Follow the ‘Respond online’ link in the ‘Ways to respond’ box below to tell us your ideas.

Or you can print and scan this document with your answers, then email it to visiting@dhsc.gov.uk.

Or you can print and post this document with your answers to:

Consultation on visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices

Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

You can read more in the non-easy read version of this consultation.

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Updates to this page

Published 28 June 2023
Last updated 5 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added the government's response to the consultation.

  2. First published.

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